Russia: Lawyer threatened in North Caucasus: Magamed Abubakarov

Index Number: EUR 46/005/2013
Date Published: 13 February 2013
Categories: Russian Federation

Criminal defence lawyer Magamed Abubakarov has been receiving text messages containing death threats from an unfamiliar phone number. He was repeatedly threatened before in connection with his professional activities, and was badly injured in December 2011 in a suspicious car accident involving police.